5/09/2011

2011 James Beard Awards: Cookbooks, Journalism and Broadcast Media

Congrats to Jonathan Gold (LA Weekly, “A Movable Beast”) for winning the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from The James Beard Foundation. And to Bill Owens and Kara Vaccaro, who won the Television Segment Award for 60 Minutes: Chef Jose Andres (after Chef Jose Andres appeared on that show, my non-foodie friends started asking me about The Bazaar by Jose Andres). Patric Kuh won the Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review for Los Angeles Magazine's, “Animal Magnetism ,”. Harold McGee for the Cookbook Hall of Fame: On Food and Cooking: The Science & Lore of the Kitchen. If you haven't already seen McGee's Key to Good Cooking A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes, make sure to check it out. Here are the other winners:

Cookbook AwardsCookbook Hall of Fame: On Food and Cooking: The Science & Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGeeAmerican Cooking: Pig: King of the Southern Table by James VillasBaking and Dessert: Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours by Kim BoyceBeverage: Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World’s Top Wine Professionals by Jordan Mackay and Rajat ParrCooking from a Professional Point of View: Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by René RedzepiGeneral Cooking: The Essential New York Times Cook Book: Classic Recipes for a New Century by Amanda HesserInternational: Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Authentic Recipes and Stories by Grace YoungHealthy Focus: The Simple Art of EatingWell Cookbook by Jessie Price & the EatingWell Test KitchenPhotography: Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine Photographer: Ditte IsagerReference and Scholarship: Salted: A Manifesto on the World’s Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes by Mark BittermanSingle Subject: Meat: A Kitchen Education by James PetersonWriting and Literature: Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul GreenbergCookbook of the Year: Oaxaca al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy by Diana Kennedy